Montazeri : the life and thought of Iran's revolutionary Ayatollah / Sussan Siavoshi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Siavoshi, Sussan, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Muntaẓirī, Ḥusayn ʻAlī.

History.

Iran--History--20th century--Biography.

Iran.

Iran--History--Pahlavi dynasty, 1925-1979.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 309 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.

Summary:

By the time of his death in 2009, the Grand Ayatollah Montazeri was lauded as the spiritual leader of the Green movement in Iran. Since the 1960s, when he supported Ayatollah Khomeini's opposition to the Shah, Montazeri's life reflected the crucial political shifts within Iran. In this book, Sussan Siavoshi presents the historical context as well as Montazeri's own political and intellectual journey. Siavoshi highlights how Montazeri, originally a student of Khomeini became one of the key figures during the revolution of 1978-9. She furthermore analyses his subsequent writings, explaining how he went from trusted advisor to and nominated successor of Khomeini to an outspoken critic of the Islamic Republic. Examining Montazeri's political thought and practice as well as the historical context, Siavoshi's book is vital for those interested in post-revolutionary Iran and the phenomenon of political Islam.

Contents:

Introduction

Part one: the life

Life in the seminary: the making of a religious scholar

The birth of a revolutionary

The post-revolutionary state and Montazeri: the bearer, the agitator

Life of a dissident

Part two: the thought

State-society relations

Human rights

Conclusion: legacy of a Grand Ayatollah.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 282-294) and index.

ISBN:

131650946X

9781316509463

1107146313

9781107146310

OCLC:

968638569